Foxcastle Quotes & Sayings

Clearly the secret of happiness ... is a variation on the general principle of banging your head against a wall, and then stopping. — Stef Penney

We are a collage of our interests, our influences, our inspirations, all the fragmentary impressions we've collected by being alive and awake to the world. Who we are is simply a finely-curated catalogue of those. — Maria Popova

Now came Dr Foxcastle, sailing magisterially around the corner like a fat, black ship. — Susanna Clarke

As a private person I think I am now totally different from Ruud van Nistelrooy the footballer. — Ruud Van Nistelrooy

You being in my arms, heart by heart feels like our love would never end. — Valentin Gonzalez

I indulge prayer when the world seems incomprehensible and only a plea to the incomprehensible makes sense. — James Ellroy

I am two lesbians in a man's body. — Eddie Izzard

The world of extreme sports is also one of big business. Kids might think that snowboarding is the ultimate freedom, but this freedom is being marketed to them by commercial sponsors. — Lucy Walker

Old photograph: amid the set poses of her family, a young girl smiles and raises her hand a little. — Mason Cooley

Lots of distractions - that's good.
Murderous angels everywhere - that's bad.
That's about as far as my frozen brain will go. — Susan Ee

JOIN THE CIRCUS OF CHAOS ... juggling, stilt walking, and other skills for socially acceptable procrastination. — Pat Murphy